After witnessing Blakemore's recent behavior, I hope Grimoire fails miserably.
Wizardry 8 is a derivative work attempting to copy the superficial mechanics of the earlier two games. I believe it is soulless and empty compared to Bane of the Cosmic Forge and Crusaders of the Dark Savant. There is more atmosphere in the first city you enter in Wiz 7 than the entire game in Wizardry 8. An honest appraisal would conclude that the primitive 3D in Wizardry 8 is manifestly inferior to the hand crafted artwork of W6-W7 for atmosphere and immersion. The graphics in Wizardry 8 were not good 3D environments and they weren’t much for classic dungeon blobbers [snip]
Wizardry 8 was what flowed into the vacuum left behind by David Bradley and Anthony Greenberg at Sir-Tech. It was the absence of the good, which is the worse thing you can be as far as I am concerned. The absence of the good is worse than merely bad.
I'm quite happy with the automapping, fast travel, quest markers and other conveniences that make a game a game. I play games to get away from work. Wizardry 8 was a huge step in the right direction for me. Your mileage may vary…
What comes to Cleve's political views, he's got tons I strongly disagree with and can't even begin to comprehend, but I reckon there's room for more than my opinions in this world. Cleve belongs to the "harmless nut" category, it's not like he's a great influence on people's opinions. If anything he makes racism look silly.
If you want to play a game like this then play Skyrim or Borderlands - they are really great.
But old school hardcore gaming has a right to exist, too. If hardcore game principles are not your cup of tea just ignore hardcore games.
The kickstart video says it's got "autowalking, automapping, map notes, autohealing context sensitive magic, journal records all notes and hints". Sounds like a lot of gameplay convenice progression from Wiz7.
I don't know if I agree with this assessment. I would place Cleve in the "vindictive nut" category. I wouldn't be surprised if he includes some sort of malware as part of the game installation. He's about six beers short of a six pack. Just saying…
It appears to be a step up from Wiz7. There is certainly no denying that one. However, it doesn't even remotely come close to the evolution from 7 to 8.
This is absolutely hysterical, coming from a guy who is making a game which is basically a knock-off of Crusaders of the Dark Savant. You would have to be completely and utterly prejudiced (or blinded by hatred for Sir-Tech) to not see how much of a massive improvement Wizardry 8 was over it's predecessors:
I can't see myself ever playing a game like Grimoire (my contempt towards the author aside), because it represents such a massive regression in gameplay.
There is something fundamentally wrong with most of those Codexians. They same to believe that if a game isn't a massive inconvenience to play, then it isn't a real game.
I've mapped out my fair share of dungeons and filled out many reams of notebook paper over the years. Quite frankly, at 40 years old, I'm through with that shit. When a game starts to become like a job, then it's just not fun for me. I would rather spend my time enjoying a game's story and character progression than waste hours on forced tedium. I'm quite happy with the automapping, fast travel, quest markers and other conveniences that make a game a game. I play games to get away from work. Wizardry 8 was a huge step in the right direction for me. Your mileage may vary…
Spoiler: wizardry 8 was utter crap.From that interview:
This is absolutely hysterical,
Wow.coming from a guy who is making a game which is basically a knock-off of Crusaders of the Dark Savant. You would have to be completely and utterly prejudiced (or blinded by hatred for Sir-Tech) to not see how much of a massive improvement Wizardry 8 was over it's predecessors:
+ True 3D environment
And there we go, obviously RPGs are not for you. Sorry to distract you from the next bit of story.+ No more annoying random battles
Yeah level scaling is great, it's the awesome. Also this is just wrong. Change your class once and you will be grinding eternally to be strong enough to face monsters and wait days to regen mana.+ No massive level grinding mandate to have any chance of surviving the next map
Wizrardy was like complicated and stuff! I wanna just shoot with mah machinegun!!!+ Missile weapons ARE actually useful
Only to someone who would post all the junk you posted so far.+ Vastly improved character development system
I liked the "you are really there" feel of 6 and 7. Can't remember the voice acting.+ Wonderful (and at times hysterical) character voice sets
+ Good music
How is that better?+ Superb interface
The dark savant was great and the umpani were great, most of the rest was kind of crap. I don't think anything NEW was really any good.+ Oozes charm (subjective)
No change here.+ Classic "Old school" mechanics wrapped in all of the trappings of "New school", i.e. automapping, quest journal, right-click help text, etc.
So you played the pratt version of rimmer for four years? Oh, that's a classic, that is!- No built-in way to insanely speed up attack animations and monster movement (WizFast does help with this, though) [I find Wizardry 7 combat to be far more ponderous and sluggish, though]
sheesh- A lot of the best treasures are random
Wow- No "monster surrender" option to bypass filler combat
Yeah minor stuff like that is a slight bummer!- No real puzzles, per se
I felt like playing, at the mechanical level, was a punishment. You are penalized for leveling up great job guys. And not just in-game but you lengthen the time you waste replenishing mana every time you level so you are wasting real life time.- Some grinding required for magic skills
Yet you are his worst critic, so what kind of person does that make you?I can't see myself ever playing a game like Grimoire (my contempt towards the author aside), because it represents such a massive regression in gameplay.
Maybe there's something wrong with you. No, I'm sure of it.There is something fundamentally wrong with most of those Codexians.
Using your brain is hard and stuff. I suggest you don't start trying now, you might burst ablood vessel.They same to believe that if a game isn't a massive inconvenience to play, then it isn't a real game.
So you are just too busy for turn based games and just want a casual cell phone game? Well good news there's a lot to choose from.I've mapped out my fair share of dungeons and filled out many reams of notebook paper over the years. Quite frankly, at 40 years old, I'm through with that shit. When a game starts to become like a job, then it's just not fun for me. I would rather spend my time enjoying a game's story and character progression than waste hours on forced tedium. I'm quite happy with the automapping, fast travel, quest markers and other conveniences that make a game a game. I play games to get away from work. Wizardry 8 was a huge step in the right direction for me. Your mileage may vary…
Spoiler: wizardry 8 was utter crap.
And there we go, obviously RPGs are not for you. Sorry to distract you from the next bit of story.
Yeah level scaling is great, it's the awesome.
Also this is just wrong. Change your class once and you will be grinding eternally to be strong enough to face monsters and wait days to regen mana.
Wizrardy was like complicated and stuff! I wanna just shoot with mah machinegun!!!
Only to someone who would post all the junk you posted so far.
I liked the "you are really there" feel of 6 and 7. Can't remember the voice acting.
How is that better?
Maybe there's something wrong with you. No, I'm sure of it.
So you are just too busy for turn based games and just want a casual cell phone game? Well good news there's a lot to choose from.
Also, I don't believe you even played these games, that you are 40, or that you have ever had a real job. You don't seem to even know what you are talking about, or have any interest in rpgs, just stirring up drama.
It's like the guys nitpicking on cleve's origin myth/LA Riots story about Desert Eagle and m203. You are on a gun forum and find it incredible someone has a Desert Eagle and don't know an m203 is a scope? Yeah sorry, go back downstairs your mom is calling.
Is ManWhoJaped a Codexian ?